hi everybody, i was wondering how were you dealing with the snow.here in connecticut the snow is brutal.so i was wondering how people were surviving was is being the worst winter since 1978..
We ended up with about 18 inches of snow and 60 mph wind gusts . That left huge drifts across local county highways . Everything is pretty much dug out today ,but the temps dropped to -13 F this morning .
finally found our sidewalk again !
Our neighbors cars ! I am glad we parked in the driveway ....
hi everybody, i was wondering how were you dealing with the snow.here in connecticut the snow is brutal.so i was wondering how people were surviving was is being the worst winter since 1978..
Also standing by in Illinois for 'snowmageddeon ' (local DJ's name for the impending storm ) . This evening we will be in blizzard conditions expecting 18 or more inches of snow and 40 mph winds .
My dispatcher just called ,and we are taking kids home early from school at 12:30 today . My husband said they are considering shutting down the factory he works at on Wednesday and making up work on Saturday .
Right now it is light snow and very windy ..
if the carrot and stick aspect of being jehovahs witnesses upset you how do you reclaim your desire for reward?
i'm assumng that you all agree with me that feeling rewarded is a basic human desire.
how much effort do you think we should put into trying to make our lives rewarding?
Life is so much sweeter now . As joeblow stated :
" The reward for me is the freedom to think and reason for myself... to not be told what to think... to no longer live in fear of being "found out"... and to not live a lie. Living a lie is a soul sucking self destructive way to exist...."
I love my life now ,it feels real, and I am truly happy . Life as a witness felt like I was always trying to live someone elses' idea of living .
My husband and I live a very simple unpretenscious life ,but it is now OUR life .
with the ensuing unrest in north africa and the middle east, i wonder if some "zealous" brothers and sisters are saying: "this is it!!!"..
didn't armageddon suppose to start in the mideast?
isn't the unrest moving closer and closer to israel?
The local news here in Illinois are calling the ensuing blizzard 'Snowmageddon " ...does that count too ??
i was browsing some of the businesses and schools that already closed since the big blizzard is going to hit tomorrow.. one thing caught my eye : .
jehovah lutheran school.
chicago.
It was a surprise to me how much other religions use Jehovah too . THe Methodist church down the street has songs in their hymns that use Jehovah and I have heard the Pastor use it in his sermons .
with all the posts about the society hacking into facebook accounts, this new setting which was implemented today might be of some use for many people.. http://gawker.com/5744229/the-facebook-setting-you-should-change-as-quickly-as-possible.
one of the nice additions, besides using https protocols is the addition of having the option to be notified via e-mail if your account is accessed from a new computer or mobile device.
this will enable you to hopefully track the hacker and notify the authorities of suspected cyber crimes.. the watchtower would finally be able to be prosecuted for their hacking into jw and ex-jw accounts.. .
If it shows activity under this heading is that my activity on my account or from other sources ??
Why would you do that ??? It is just mean .......especially to those that HAVE real seizure problems . Those flashing lights Could do someone real harm you know !
for a long while i have been coming to this site on a daily basis and i think it is time to introduce myself.
here we go: my parents learned the truth when i was 4 and i don't have childhood memories of how life was before they converted.
i was a model jw child, although quite mischievous at school.
NVR2L8 ,Welcome to you ! There are so many of us that have such similar awakenings ....looking around at the older ones at the DC and thinking that will be us very soon ,was definitely a thought I had . Much of what got my mind working was first from the Watchtower Society itself not apostate sites .....those only confirmed what I already suspected .
I hope your wife will join you in really living the rest of your life .....
just heard from a friend that a nearby body of elders in their congregation have decided that anybody who is on facebook will not be able to have privleges in their congregation.. hilarious!.
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OOPs .....DY I am sorry you took that as me saying you shouldn't be here . Not what I meant ,really . I just was trying to understand how your experience is so different than mine . We noticed the mid-west congregations (especially small ones ) were much more strict and into everyones personal business than large coastal cities .
I went back and read some of your early posts .You have been around here a very long time . Then you took a break and came back again . It has to be hard to be married to an active spouse and yet have dep down doubts about the religion . I assume you are trying to come to terms with your own cognitive dissonance ,and that's cool . We all are learning at different speeds and have different circumstances .
No kidding ...it must be very hard on your conscience to come here and post when you are still struggling with not wanting to believe the Society is wrong . I get it .
Didn't mean to step on your toes there . DO what you got to do .....
just heard from a friend that a nearby body of elders in their congregation have decided that anybody who is on facebook will not be able to have privleges in their congregation.. hilarious!.
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Hey Doubtfully Yours ,I have just been wondering have YOU ever been counseled for being on this site ???
Because when I was actively attending it was abundantly clear we should never visit discussion forumns known to be active with apostate views . We were told not to even open a letter from an apostate in fear of reading and being stumbled by their 'half truths' . How is it you have such a different experience as a Witness than me ? I was a witness all my life ,44, yrs . and you always seem to disagree with others about HOW things really are in the congregation .
I am being serious . Are you in an American congregation ? Is it in a large city or small town ? Midwest or coastal ?
